Ouch! Bill Clinton Throws Bob Johnson Under The Bus On National Radio 4 Obama Drug Remark!

[Dems Will Win]

Bill Clinton went on black radio again today to try to put out the prairie fire over the remarks by Johnson with Hillary on the stage about Obama's drug use -- but it ended up with Bill having to throw Robert Johnson under the bus!

Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood -­ and I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in the book - Robert Johnson, Clinton surrogate

"My comments today were referring to Barack Obama's time spent as a community organizer, and nothing else. Any other suggestion is simply irresponsible and incorrect," said Johnson in an email statement.


"That's something between Bob Johnson and Barack Obama" - Bill Clinton

I would say the Clinton campaign is turning into a shambles again and whatever momentum Hillary had with NH is now lost. This does not bode well if Hillary is the nominee. If she can't run a tight campaign for President, how can she manage the country?

(Bill Clinton's) African-American radio tour continued this morning, with ABC catching him on Tom Joyner and Josh Gerstein listening to an exchange with Roland Martin in which he seems to all but abandon defending Robert Johnson:

Mr. Martin insisted that Mr. Johnson's denial was implausible.

"Anybody listening can know what he was talking about—he wasn't talking about community organizing," the host said.

"That's something between Bob Johnson and Barack Obama," Mr. Clinton eventually said, seeming to give up on defending the remark.

"I think the psychological tensions on everybody are considerable. There are a lot of people who are supporting Hillary who always wanted to vote for an African-American for president. There are a lot of people who are supporting Barack who always wanted to vote for a woman for president," he added later. "It's not surprising that these sort of things will happen….They just happen. I think it's important not to overreact to them."

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[rocktivity]

1. YAY! Hillary should have done it, but YAY!

Cue the Vonage theme!

:woohoo:
rocknation

[burythehatchet]

2. I don't get it. How is that "throwing him under the bus"?

Why doesn't he just denounce what that douchebag said.

[marylanddem]

5. I agree - definitely NOT throwing him under the bus

just trying to walk both sides of the street as usual

[Dems Will Win]

6. He's Disavowing the statement, saying it's between Johnson and Obama

The line before was Johnson was talking about community organizing. Clinton basically admitted Johnson was lying about that.

Under. The. Bus.

[rox63]

3. No, it's NOT just between Johnson and Obama

Johnson was speaking at a Clinton event, introducing Hillary. Any public statements from those acting on behalf of the Clinton campaign at one of their events are the responsibility of the candidate. HRC should condemn the remarks.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Politico?

That's a mouthpiece. They'll print anything to keep the Dems fighting -- other Dems.

And if you think that's an example of throwing someone under a bus, that's your decision, but it's not a very harsh rebuke to Johnson's trash talk.

Besides, if Bill Clinton had said nothing at all, wouldn't Team Obama be taking him to task for his "guilty silence"?

It's Coke v. Pepsi ...

--p!

[Dems Will Win]

7. Right -- Johnson put the Clintons in an impossible position.

Better to just stop campaigning for a couple of days maybe, Bill!

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Plausible deniability.

Like they did with Bill Shaheen, they used Johnson to put the turd in the punchbowl, and then deny that they had anything to do with it while acting as horrified as anyone else.

Dirty politics is an art and the Clintons are pretty good at it.

[yellowcanine]

9. I think the whole discussion of who should dissavow what is silly anyway. Obviously the Clintons

did not know what Mr. Johnson was going to say - they did not ask him to say it or pay him to say it so why should they have to apologize? Mr. Johnson needs to apologize for himself.

[marylanddem]

10. What makes you so sure the Clintons didn't know?

[yellowcanine]

11. Because there is no evidence of it and the Clintons are smart enough to know this would create

problems.

[durrrty libby]

12. As usual your comprehension is stunningly lacking

Johnson did not get thrown anywhere.

You Distortionist Contortionists are pathetic and make yourselves look brain-dead.

[Divine Discontent]

13. I think nothing anyone says

in favor of the Clintons (like what Bob said) really effect anything at ALL. What DOES effect things is what BILL or Hillary say in response to what was said - in this case, I think he said what was needed to be said, which is not much, but he should have been bold and said, well I don't agree with what Mr Johnson said at that moment, but it's his opinion.


To say that you were NOT referring to Obama's drug use from however long ago that was, is so laughable. It's so obvious, because you don't say, "I WON'T SAY" what he was doing, "IT'S IN HIS BOOK", if you're referring to community organizing! LOL what a joke.


YAY, give Edwards and Obama a better feeling about their campaigns with continued screw ups like that.